Hijacked by Your Brain Quotes

“Take a few minutes and come up with a personal list of what’s most important to you. Consider the following: People like family, friends, role models, and mentors (animals count too) Places you’ve been and loved Places you dream of visiting Activities you love to do and look forward to Beliefs about what is good in life Moments that you’ve most treasured Values about how the world should be Goals, both for personal achievement and making the world a better place Now take this list and circle four or five items that mean the most to you in terms of giving you a feeling that your life has been and”
― Julian D. Ford, Hijacked by Your Brain: How to Free Yourself When Stress Takes Over

“The letters in the acronym FREEDOM stand for a model of optimizing your brain that we’re about to teach you. The letters stand for Focusing Recognizing triggers Empowering your emotions Exercising your core values Determining your optimal goals Optimizing your choices Making a positive contribution to the world”
― Julian D. Ford, Hijacked by Your Brain: How to Free Yourself When Stress Takes Over

“The key to compassion for the brokenness in our world—the brokenness that affects individuals as well as organizations, communities, and governments—is to constantly look for whether people act based on their alarms or based on their optimal brains. You have the power to do that now.”
― Julian D. Ford, Hijacked by Your Brain: How to Free Yourself When Stress Takes Over